History Series / CallMeKat

* BelligerentSexualTension: A {{Deconstruction}}. Kat is attracted to Nick, the new sandwich shop owner, while she is still dating Oscar. However, she also dislikes him as a person due to his shady business practices. [[spoiler: She misguidely sleeps with him after dumping Oscar, only to have him tell her that he is buying her building and raising her rent. A series of unfortunate events soon after lead her to fire Phil, and an anxious and enraged Kat takes out her frustrations on Nick, only to have a panic attack. [[SpaceWhaleAesop The moral here is that you shouldn't sleep with people you don't like or respect, for it won't end well and can ruin your health/life/relationships.]]]]

* ChristmasCake: Shelia fears her daughter Kat is becoming this at age 39.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Averted. While Leslie Jordan died his character of Phil is happily married living in Tahiti and owning his own bakery.

* DeconstructionCrossover: "Call Me Flatch" has the main characters from ''Series/WelcomeToFlatch'', Kelly and Shrub, stop by and get along great with Kat at first. But, while their antics on their own show can cause a lot of problems, here they make things worse for Kat and have their irresponsible behaviors cast in a dark light. [[spoiler: When her rent is raised by Nick, she starts renting out her apartment while she lives with her mom. As her first renters, Kelly and Shrub take advantage of her hospitality and borrow her clothes/underwear without asking. Later on, Kelly thoughtlessly leaves Kat's bathrub running. This results in both Kat's apartment and cafe being damaged by water. Instead of doing anything to help or even apologize, Kelly just blames it on Shrub and the two run away.]]

* DeconstructionCrossover: "Call Me Welcome To Flatch" has the main characters from ''Series/WelcomeToFlatch'', Kelly and Shrub, stop by and get along great with Kat at first. But, while their antics on their own show can much a lot of problems, here they make things worse for Kat and have their irresponsible behaviors cast in a dark light. [[spoiler: When her rent is raised by Nick, she starts renting out her apartment while she lives with her mom. As her first renters, Kelly and Shrub take advantage of her hospitality and borrow her clothes/underwear without asking. Later on, Kelly thoughtlessly leaves Kat's bathrub running. This results in both Kat's cafe and apartment being damaged by water. Instead of doing anything to help or even apologize, Kelly just blames it on Shrub and the two run away.]]

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: While all episodes of season one have a short, generic title that represents their respective plots, all episode titles from season two onward are the form "Call Me [X]" (just like the series' own title), with the [X] a being quirky plot-related phrase or reference to pop-culture.

** "Call Me Welcome To Flatch" has [[spoiler: Kat firing Phil in order to save costs, and then having a panic attack while yelling at Nick for raising her rent.]]

* EveryEpisodeEnding: At the end of each episode, the action stops for a moment so that each actor can break character and wave to the camera. This is a practice picked up from ''Series/{{Miranda}}'', itself a throwback to British sitcoms like ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' and ''Series/AlloAllo''.
* ForeignRemake: Of the British series ''Series/{{Miranda}}''.

''Call Me Kat'' is a 2021 sitcom starring Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/SwoosieKurtz, Creator/KylaPratt, Creator/CheyenneJackson and Creator/LeslieJordan on Creator/{{Fox}}. The series is, at heart, a Trans-Atlantic remake of the British sitcom ''Series/{{Miranda}}'' created by Creator/MirandaHart with the the central concept changed from a joke shop to a cat café, though most of the characters and set-up remain.

* ActorAllusion: One of the cat cafe residents, an old one-eyed cat who has been around for years, is finally adopted. Owing to her disability she wears a cute little eyepatch. Fans of the surreal drama ''[[Series/PushingDaisies Pushing Daisies]]'' might remember Swoozie Kurtz's turn there as a dotty old aunt figure who wore a colorful, decorative eyepatch--owing to a nasty mishap with cat-box litter.

** Call Me Welcome To Flatch" has [[spoiler: Kat firing Phil in order to save costs, and then having a panic attack while yelling at Nick for raising her rent.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Kat gives this to Maz after he nearly ruins her relationship with Oscar in the season two premiere.

* BelligerentSexualTension: A {{Deconstruction}}. Kat is attracted to Nick, the new sandwich shop owner, while she is still dating Oscar. However, she also dislikes him as a person due to his shady business practices. [[spoiler: She misguidely sleeps with him after dumping Oscar, only to have him tell her that he is buying her building and raising her rent. A series of unfortunate events soon after lead her to fire Phil, and an anxious and enraged Kat takes out her frustrations on Nick, only to have a heart attack. [[SpaceWhaleAesop The moral here is that you shouldn't sleep with people you don't like or respect, for it won't end well and can ruin your health/life/relationships.]]]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Season two is heading down the path, what with Kat [[spoiler: dumping Oscar on the same night he proposes after kissing Max, then having a heart attack after Nick, who she starts casually sleeping with, becomes her landlord and raises her rent, resulting her firing Phil.]]

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler: Kat loses Phil as a friend after she fires him. He does come back when she has a heart attack.]]

** Later, [[spoiler: Kat herself starts doing this to Nick for raising her rent, but she ends up having a heart attack in the middle of it.]]

** Call Me Welcome To Flatch" has [[spoiler: Kat firing Phil in order to save costs, and then having a heart attack while yelling at Nick for raising her rent.]]

** Phil gives this to Kat after [[spoiler: she fires him to save money. Later, she tries to do the same with Nick, only to have a heart attack.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: Kat is attracted to Nick, the new sandwich shop owner, while she is still dating Oscar. However, she also dislikes him as a person due to his shady business practices. [[spoiler: She sleeps with him after dumping Oscar, only to have him tell her that he is buying her building and raising her rent.]]

** Call Me Welcome To Flatch" has [[spoiler: Kat firing Phil in order to save costs, and then having a heart attack while yelling at Nick for raising her rent.]]

** The next few episodes have her [[spoiler: breaking up with Oscar after he proposes, and then sleeping with Nick only to learn that he plans to buy her building.]]

* VagueAge: Sheila refuses to give her real age, even to Kat. Instead, she says things like "older than a seedling, but younger than the moon."

** The season two premier features an appearance by some of the ''Series/{{Blossom}}'' cast, with Kat being a fan of the show since a child. She asks about "the girl with the flower hat" and they say she's hosting [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} quiz shows now]].

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Kat's mother is eager for her to find a husband, even announcing she will even pay a volunteer money to marry her daughter to a room full of people as Kat attempts to wrestle the microphone from her grip.